In November 2025 we took the rare opportunity to buy two parcels of land adjacent to the south side of Fleam Dyke, one of them adjoining Fulbourn Fen Nature Reserve. This marks the beginning of a long-term plan to put the Ancient Monument back into its original setting of chalk grassland, which will also improve biodiversity in the parish, and increase the area of wildlife reserve available to the public.

The land will be leased to the Beds, Cambs and Northants Wildlife Trust (BCN), which own this part of Fleam Dyke, plus a strip to the north, and manages Fulbourn Fen reserve. Ownership will remain, via Wright’s Trustees, with the village, increasing the area of Fulbourn Parish which is communally owned. On the ground, there won’t be any immediate change, as the previous owner is signed up to a Countryside Stewardship Scheme until next September. Until then, he will continue to farm the land as our tenant. Restoration for nature is a long-term project!

Vehicle access routes to the two blocks separately, and between the two blocks, are agreed with local landowners. These are not public Rights of Way, separate from the existing footpath Rights of Way.

The Wildlife Trust are optimistic that in a few years we be able to generate income by selling BNG units ( Biodiversity-Net-Gain) . Such gain to be split between Wright’s and the Wildlife Trust